Machine Gun Kelly Says White People Stigmatize Him for Being a White Rapper: ‘The Streets F*ck With Me'
MGK spoke on what it meant to be labeled a "white rapper" on a new episode of the "Impaulsive" podcast.
Machine Gun Kelly believes the stigma about him as a white rapper comes from a specific audience.
On a new episode of Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast uploaded on Tuesday, Aug. 27, the 34-year-old talked about what it means to be labeled a "white rapper."
“I won't deny that there is a subconscious stigma around that—being white in hip-hop,” MGK said at the 37:46 mark in the video linked above. “To me, it's so funny because the streets fuck with me so tough. It's honestly from other white people that give me the most shit.”
“The crazy thing is there's only been one who's done it. There's only been one who's done it and crossed that line of acceptance,” he added.
Co-host Mike Majlak interrupted MGK, joking that it was Vanilla Ice who received mainstream acceptance in hip-hop. Although he didn’t get the opportunity to name him, it seems like Kelly was referring to Eminem, 55, whom he once feuded with several years ago.
No word on what they think about other white rappers such as Jack Harlow, Mac Miller, Macklemore, G-Eazy, and Paul Wall.
MGK recently dipped his toes into the country music scene with “Lonely Road,” his collaborative single with Jelly Roll. However, he had one concern about the song before it was released. It turns out that another white rapper, Post Malone, had crossover into the genre.
“In the past two years while I was doing ‘Lonely Road,’ Post did this and so the whole time I'm thinking, like, ‘Fucking people are going to think I’m just following this,’” MGK said. “I had to humbly sit there while, for years, I’ve been curating this song knowing I’m gonna have to fight against something here.”
In May, Malone released “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallen, which spent six weeks at the top of the Hot 100 chart, according to Billboard.
